President Bush has said on more than one occasion, “We are fighting the terrorists over there to prevent them from coming over here.” And yet the government has offered no direct evidence that any such prevention is occurring. Are we in fact safer today as a result of the invasion of Iraq?
According to a recent study by faculty members of the NY University School of Law here, the incidence of terrorist attacks outside Iraq and Afghanistan have increased more than 35 percent since the day of the invasion of Iraq. If the attacks inside Iraq and Afghanistan are added to the total, the increase is near seven fold (635 percent). The evidence is clear. The invasion of Iraq it would seem increased the likelihood of a terrorist attack if the data are to be believed.
As the evidence of failure in Iraq mounts we see increasing evidence of an overall failure of the war on terror. The time has come to insist upon a new course. We have no more lives to lose. Congress must insist on withdrawal from Iraq before any more of our troops die. Then we can seek a new approach to countering terrorism.
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